Isaiah 44:6-8

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 44:1-8

Two great truths are abundantly made out in these verses:? I. That the people of God are a happy people, especially upon account of the covenant that is between them and God. The people of Israel were so as a figure of the gospel Israel. Three things complete their happiness:? 1. The covenant-relations wherein they stand to God, Isa. 44:1, 2. Israel is here called Jeshurun?the upright one; for those only, like Nathanael, are Israelites indeed, in whom is no guile, and those only shall have the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 44:6

Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel ,.... The King of the whole world, and Governor among the nations; and in a peculiar manner King of Israel, that nation being a theocracy; and especially King of spiritual Israel, or King of saints, be they of what nation they will: and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts ; who redeemed Israel out of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and would again redeem them from the Babylonish captivity, and the whole Israel of God from sin, Satan, and the law;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 44:7

And who as I shall call ,.... Which of the idols of the Gentiles can do as the king of Israel, the Lord of hosts has done? call things that are not, as though they were? call all creatures into being? call men by their names before they were born, as Isaac; Josiah, and Cyrus, of whom mention is made in the latter end of this chapter, and call them to service and usefulness in their day and generation? and call whom he pleases by his grace to eternal glory? and shall declare it ; the end... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 44:8

Fear ye not, neither be afraid ,.... Of the accomplishment of prophecies and promises, and of professing the true God, and of adhering to Jesus Christ, the only Redeemer and Saviour; or of the gods of the Heathens, and of persecuting tyrants, and what they can do against you, and in favour of their idolatrous religion: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it ? what should come to pass, before it did, even everything that has since the appointment of the ancient people;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 44:7

Let them show unto them "Let them declare unto us" - For למו lamo , unto them, the Chaldee reads לנו lanu , unto us The Septuagint read לכם lachem , unto you; which is preferable to the reading of the text. But למו lamo , and לנו lanu , are frequently mistaken one for the other, see Isaiah 10:29 ; Psalm 80:7 ; Psalm 64:6 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 44:8

Fear ye not - to - תרהו tirehu never occurs. Perhaps it should be תיראו tireu , fear ye. Two MSS. read תירהו tirehu , and one of mine תהרו taharu . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 44:6

The Lord the King of Israel . Therefore entitled to Israel's allegiance (comp. Isaiah 43:15 ). And his Redeemer; i.e. Israel's Redeemer—he who had redeemed them from Egyptian bondage—who will redeem them from the power of Babylon—who, best of all, will redeem them from their sins. The First … the Last (comp. Isaiah 41:4 , with the comment). Beside me there is no God . This had been distinctly asserted in the Law ( Deuteronomy 4:35 , Deuteronomy 4:39 ; Deuteronomy 32:39 ); but... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 44:6-20

A FURTHER CONTRAST OF GOD WITH IDOLS . The captive Jews, dwelling scattered in a land the inhabitants of which were, one and all, idolaters, and having by hereditary taint an inclination to idolatry, would be easily tempted, during the long and weary period of the Captivity, to put away the worship and even the thought of Jehovah, who had allowed their subjugation, and conform to the religion of their conquerors. Hence the repeated contrasts in these later chapters—specially... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 44:6-28

Jehovah and the images. I. SELF - MANIFESTATION OF JEHOVAH . He is the First and the Last, Alpha and Omega. Existing before the creation, he will endure when it shall have passed away ( Isaiah 48:12 ). It is a thought which strikes us at once by its sublimity, anal, what is better, with its truth. Men sometimes speak of the material world as real, of the world of faith and imagination as dreamy. Not so the greatest prophets and poets. Shakespeare describes the globe and all its... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 44:7

Who, as I, shall call , etc.? i.e. "Who will do (or who can do) as I do—call events into being, declare them, and set them in order beforehand—who can do this for me (or, in my stead)? No one. I have done it, ever since I appointed (or, placed upon earth) the ancient people" that is, the race of men before the Flood (see Job 22:15 ). The claim is that, from the first creation of mankind, God has not only prearranged the events that should happen, but has declared them by the mouth of... read more

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